Hammock-bed.



UNITED sm'riso m H. YOUNG, OI IOCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAKXOCK-BED.

Specification of Lettcn Pa tent.

with! filed August. 2. 1908. Serial No. 610.329.

To'oll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gunmen: ll. Yolixo,

a eitizen of the United States. residing at Roekland, in the oounty of Plymouth and tounaotm'ealth of )illefitfl'llllr'tils. hate invented certain new and awful ]ltl|)l'tl\t'- meats in lllllllllNIk-Bt'tla. of whieh the following is a specification.

The object of thin intention s the eonstruetion of a coneh bed whieh ran be readily mnvertod into a swing-bed or luunnuv-kbed. To this end the ends of the couchfrnnic by which the nature: i.- supported ambprorided with Suspension tit'Yit't'H. prefer: 1 with the usual canvas wind-shields and ropes connected therewith, and at the some time with. legs and head eapablo of being easily folded up against the llll itl'--itii, of the tnlttl'em or frame. or of being fixed in a vrertieal position for converting;' the atuc into a no idly an )ported cone i.

Referring to t we drawingsiorniing art of this specification, Figure l is it side elevation of one end of a emteh-lxui standing upon the floor. Fig. .2 is a parapet-live new of one end of the hunnnm-k-eoueh when sup- )Ol'tfll from above. and with the legs and dnioltlod up out-of the way. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view showin the looking doviee for lurking the ll tltlh mu legs in their rertieal pmition.

The mattress l may'be of t'nm'ns or dark. either with or without a stutl'ed anon--- ln'id thereon, and with its ends made taut by means of the tension springs 2 engaging the transverse tuhnlar bar 2 at eaeh end; llireted otherwise fixed to this tubular bar 3 is another bar or rod, )referably of wood 4, and asuall termed a dowel about which is ftlnttlllt't the lower end or edge 'of tlnterminal wind-ahield 5 suspended b suitable ropes or cords 0. As thus for that in in its httllltnm'k or owing-bed form.

To convert it into a conch-bed capable of atanding upon a floor, each end of the frame which eoni rises the crowsham 3 and the loo 'tudina bars 7 rigidly attaehed toreth er, and with the end-sections of the utter tip-curred as shown, is provided-with combined head and legs omtaistin in each one of 1 single length of metal to mg bentinto the nhnpe of an inverted U. Each of said leg! Bis connected with its end of the side bun 7-b means of two links 9 10; the abort link boin pivoted to the eg clone beneath the cruel r 8 and dowel 4, and to ascribed,

l the im- 7 not far from its join-taro with the erabar it. The longer link 9 is' pivoted to the leg: at a point it eomhlerabh, farther down, and it) the .-ide bur T at 12 further il m the livid i i ui tilt hilui't illlk. The relative long-ll and the pivotal points of thew linlw lll't -o tilhlltlht'ti that when the hort linlw are (lose up to the bars 3 and dowels; -l and thereby snprmrting Quid parts pm'ition. as illu.-tr:ttetl in Fig. l; and also their di-positiou i v-ueh that when the legs ill't' inning: inward and up a aine-t the unders-itlt' of the ltli-rl'lllllt'. Mild egs will occupy a horizontal position. as illustrated in Fig. :l. a vollar or rin" 14 being loeutetl on the front longitudiuaror side bar 7 'for'the purpose of being slipped along to. encircle-the egg tla-reat and so retain the legs in such horizontal position. v

.\llhon'h the legs and head will retain their vertn-al position when standing upon the Moor and sup orting any appreciable weight upon the ted, yet to insure such osition when the bed t'olttttina' no weight and is being pushed about the floor. there is provided a lock or lateh 15 for eaeh end of tlu-la-d-i'rume, which is preterahl pivoted upon the rivet or bolt 11 of one o the links i and formed with aspur 16 at its free end adapted to be spi'ung onto the o n and of the frame-tithe Elfas indicated in "igs. 1 and 3. This latch keeps the HilOlt links 10 from I ringing downward or away front the crossbars 3, l. and so locks the le '5 in their vertical positiotn To release the eggs from these two latches. all that is needed is to disengage the wpur front the tubes 3 and then swing the legs inward.

When the bed is in use as a thmr-supported roach, the wind-shields 5 are folded d'own vupon the mattress as illuu'tratedin Fig. l.

Although the drawings show but one end of the couch-bed, it is evident that the other end is designed to be practically identical herewith: the single la t'h li'l mat be duplieuted for both legs of tllt'il and of the ranch frame, but one ls'llt'il latch is sullicient for each pair of legs.

'hat I claim, and for which Letters lateat-in desired. is as follu\\-'. to wit 1, A combined bed and hammock comprisiug n from". a mattress .-npported thereby, flexible suspension means at tilt! ends thereof, and legs at eaeli end capable of being folded up beneath ueh frame and nature-=3.

and the la-d-t'runw, the leg: are tn a vertical Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

9. A combination bed and hammock combarn of which are of metal tubing, with the griain a frame, a mattme aupported thcrcaigia ban curved upward at their 'uncturca-m ,& oltitn lulpenamn mean: at each end wlth tho cram-barn, a combined end and t emf, an a combined head and leg: at legs for each end of aid frame two linlta a each end of the frame adapted to folded pn'ote l to each leg and to tho si e bars, one in and beneath said mattress to w|thdraw of which links is short and the other long such heads within the boundaries of tho and disposed to hold the legs in either: ver- 26 fnme-ends.- I tical position or a horizontal position, and 8. A combination bed and hammock oomlatches pivototl to the leg: and formed at In Plain a frame, a mattrean aupported thorothmr two ends with a spur adapted to on- ,a oltiing aunpcnsion means at each end go o the upon and: of the crow bars.

hereof. a combincd hoati tmd legs at each in testimony that I claim the for\-- :0 end of the frame. links pivntally comiccting Fain: invention. I have hereunto not my the name with unit] trope to holtl them in mm this 31st day of Jul 1900. is either a vertical or horizontal llltlll, and CLAREN E H. YOUNG.

locks for retaining the ltlgfl in either much i Witnm-mas: poaition. I N Anna Su'muuno, 4. A cont-lubed comprising a frame, the Mar E. Rama-mu. 

